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verb
- 1. (of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar: "a pickup van towing a trailer"
noun
- 1. an act of towing a vehicle or boat: "the cruiser got a tow from a warship after its engine failed"
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The meaning of TOW is to draw or pull along behind : haul. How to use tow in a sentence.
TOW definition: 1. to pull a car, boat, etc. along, fastened behind another vehicle or boat: 2. to take away a…. Learn more.
TOW meaning: 1. to pull a car, boat, etc. along, fastened behind another vehicle or boat: 2. to take away a…. Learn more.
Tow definition: to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device. See examples of TOW used in a sentence.
1. verb. If one vehicle tows another, it pulls it along behind it. He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer. [VERB noun] They threatened to tow away my car. [VERB noun with adverb] A lifeboat towed the 28ft boat to a nearby quay. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: drag, draw, pull, trail More Synonyms of tow. Tow is also a noun.
1. In a condition of being towed: a car with a trailer in tow. 2. Under close guidance; in one's charge: The new student was taken in tow by a peer counselor. 3. As a companion or follower: came to dinner with a friend in tow. [Middle English towen, from Old English togian; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.] tow′a·ble adj. tow′er n. tow 2. (tō) n.
tow something (+ adv./prep.) to pull a car, boat, etc. behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain. Our car was towed away by the police. A glider was being towed into the air.
TOW definition: 1. to pull a car, boat, etc, using a rope or chain connected to another vehicle: 2. If you have…. Learn more.
To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul. Wiktionary. Synonyms: trail. rope. cable. lug. ferry. tug. draw. drag. pull. haul. yank. Antonyms: push.
To tow something is to drag or pull it, the way a truck will tow your car away if you park it illegally. A boat can tow a smaller boat behind it, and a person can even tow another person: "I had to tow my little brother down the hall by his arm to get him to leave the party."
